Feed supplements, dog and cat, manufacturing · Illinois

Midwest Co-Pack

Chicago, IL · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Co-Pack runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Feed supplements, dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Midwest Co-Pack: 5.3 TCR = 135% of Feed supplements, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Co-Pack safety composite

Midwest Co-Pack scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−4.5

2022→2024

Midwest Co-Pack injury rate improved

Midwest Co-Pack's TCR fell 4.5 from 7.6 in 2022 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.6 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 135% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO Darling Ingredients,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Co-Pack in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Midwest Co-Pack averages 5.3 TCR (135% of the Feed supplements, dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Midwest Co-Pack TCR series: 2022=7.6 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.9

Where Midwest Co-Pack falls in its industry

302 Feed supplements, dog and cat, establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Feed supplements, dog and cat, employers in Illinois.

Midwest Co-Pack (42 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest Co-Pack
Midwest Co-Pack (42 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Midwest Co-Pack has fewer employees than the Feed supplements, dog and cat, manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2022 7.6 7.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · IL · Chicago

302 Feed supplements, dog and cat, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alphia-Bern 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Biscuit Plant 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond Pet Foods Lathrop 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Pontiac, IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL-R&D 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springfield IL 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Egyptian Electric Cooperative 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago Public Schools 49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chicago/Corporate 18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Illinois at Chicago 13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR University Health Service UIC UIC Campus 12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center-Main Hospital 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ECM Print 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 71 Moffitt 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Allied Blending LP 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northwest Rubber Extruders Inc 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE 163015-Waterford | CT | CTG-901 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE colormasters- DC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Works 42 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.